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“Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvement of people’s lives.” ~ Senator Paul Wellstone ((July 21, 1944 – October 25, 2002) In era where government is so vilified, we at Critical Mass…

Rosa Parks, Revisited by Charles M. Blow, New York Times: On the verge of the 100th anniversary of her birth this Monday comes a fascinating new book, “The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks,” by Jeanne Theoharis, a Brooklyn College professor. It argues that the romanticized, children’s-book story of a…

One Today by Richard Blanco One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores, peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies. One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story…

We are made for this moment, and we will seize it—so long as we seize it together. —President Obama — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 21, 2013 Watch the 2013 Presidential Inauguration Festivities Live Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech Watch the President’s Second Inaugural Speech (16)